Modeling of a Target Volterra Series Using an Orthogonal Parallel Wiener Decomposition

ABSTRACT

Improved techniques are provided for modeling a target Volterra series using an orthogonal parallel Weiner decomposition. A target Volterra Series is modeled by obtaining the target Volterra Series V comprised of a plurality of terms up to degree K; providing a parallel Wiener decomposition representing the target Volterra Series V, wherein the parallel Wiener decomposition is comprised of a plurality of linear filters in series with at least one corresponding static non-linear function, wherein an input signal is applied to the plurality of linear filters and wherein outputs of the non-linear functions are linearly combined to produce an output of the parallel Wiener decomposition; computing a matrix C. for a given degree up to the degree K, wherein a given row of the matrix C corresponds to one of the linear filters and is obtained by enumerating monomial cross-products of coefficients of the corresponding linear filter for the given degree; and determining filter coefficients for at least one of the plurality of linear filters, such that the rows of the matrix C are linearly independent.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application claims priority to U.S. Patent Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/812,858, filed Apr. 17, 2013, entitled “Digital Front End (DEW Signal Processing,” incorporated by reference herein.

The present application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/168,621, filed Jan. 30, 2014, entitled “Non-Linear Modeling of a Physical System Using Direct Optimization of Look-Up Table Values;” PCT Patent Application No. PCT/US12/62179, filed Oct. 26, 2012, entitled “Software Digital Front End (SoftDFE) Signal Processing;” and PCT Patent Application No. PCT/US 12/62186, filed Oct. 26, 2012, entitled “Processor Having Instruction Set with User-Defined Non-Linear Functions for Digital Pre-Distortion (DPD) and Other Non-Linear Applications,” each incorporated by reference herein.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is related to digital signal processing techniques and, more particularly, to techniques for modeling non-linear systems.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Power amplifiers are an important component in many wireless communication systems, but they often introduce non-linearity. Digital pre-distortion (DPD) is a technique used to linearize a power amplifier in a transmitter to improve the efficiency of the power amplifier. A digital pre-distortion circuit inversely models the gain and phase characteristics of the power amplifier and, when combined with the amplifier, produces an overall system that is more linear and reduces distortion than would otherwise be caused by the power amplifier. An inverse distortion is introduced into the input of the amplifier, thereby reducing any non-linearity that the amplifier might otherwise exhibit. When developing an effective DPD, it is often challenging to capture the nonlinear distortion and memory effects of the power amplifier using an accurate behavioral model.

Volterra series have been used to model the non-linear behavior of a non-linear system, such as a DPD system or a power amplifier. Among other benefits, a Volterra series can capture the memory effects of the modeled non-linear system. The Volterra series can be used to approximate the response of a non-linear system to a given input when the output of the non-linear system depends on the input to the system at various times. Volterra series are thus used to model non-linear distortion in a wide range of devices including power amplifiers.

Due to the complexity of a Volterra series, however, such as a large number of coefficients, the Volterra series is often modeled using a generalized memory polynomial (GMP) model, which reduces complexity by pruning the Volterra series to a reduced number of terms. Thus, GMP is a simplification of an ideal Volterra series. Pruning of terms can result in loss of performance in some cases. A need remains for improved techniques for modeling a target Volterra series.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Generally, improved techniques are provided for modeling a target Volterra series using an orthogonal parallel Weiner decomposition. According to one aspect of the invention, a target Volterra Series is modeled by obtaining the target Volterra Series V comprised of a plurality of terms up to degree K; providing a parallel Wiener decomposition representing the target Volterra Series V, wherein the parallel Wiener decomposition is comprised of a plurality of linear filters in series with at least one corresponding static non-linear function, wherein an input signal is applied to the plurality of linear filters and wherein outputs of the non-linear functions are linearly combined to produce an output of the parallel Wiener decomposition; computing a matrix C for a given degree up to the degree K, wherein a given row of the matrix C corresponds to one of the linear filters and is obtained by enumerating monomial cross-products of coefficients of the corresponding linear filter for the given degree; and determining filter coefficients for at least one of the plurality of linear filters, such that the rows of the matrix C are linearly independent.

In addition, a vector A is computed comprising coefficients that perform the linear combination of the outputs of the plurality of static non-linear functions. At least one of the static non-linear functions are determined based on the vector A. The vector A can be obtained by multiplying the target Volterra Series V by an inverse of the matrix C.

Another aspect of the invention recognize that a number of the DC, linear, quadratic and cubic terms can share one or more filters and/or look-up tables (LUTs). Thus, one or more of the plurality of linear filters can be shared by a plurality of degrees of the representation of the target Volterra Series V. In another variation, one or more of the static non-linear functions are shared by a plurality of degrees of the representation of the target Volterra Series V.

The filter coefficients for at least one of the plurality of linear filters can be determined by evaluating a linear independence of the rows of the matrix C. For example, the filter coefficients can be determined by evaluating a condition number of the matrix C.

According to yet another aspect of the invention, at least one of the static non-linear functions is implemented using at least one look-up table. The look-up table comprises entries obtained, for example, by evaluating a mean square error. The look-up table entries can be obtained, for example, using one or more of a least squares algorithm, recursive least squares (RLS) and least mean square (LMS). Linear interpolation can be employed between two consecutive values of the at least one look-up table to approximate the at least one static non-linear function.

A more complete understanding of the present invention, as well as further features and advantages of the present invention, will be obtained by reference to the following detailed description and drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an exemplary parallel Wiener decomposition that incorporates features of the present invention;

FIG. 2 illustrates the exemplary parallel Weiner decomposition of FIG. 1 in further detail;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating an exemplary implementation of the Volterra series modeling process incorporating aspects of the present invention;

FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary parallel Weiner decomposition for exemplary filter coefficients and an exemplary vector A;

FIGS. 5A and 5B illustrate an exemplary Volterra Series V up to degree K=3 and a memory depth of three;

FIG. 6 illustrates the set of monomial cross-products for quadratic and cubic degrees;

FIG. 7 illustrates the quadratic and cubic terms for an exemplary parallel Weiner decomposition;

FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram of an exemplary parallel Weiner decomposition that incorporates a sharing of one or more filters between the exemplary quadratic and cubic terms;

FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of an exemplary parallel Weiner decomposition that incorporates a sharing of one or more look-up tables between the exemplary quadratic and cubic terms;

FIGS. 10A and 10B illustrate an exemplary Volterra Series V up to degree K=3 and a memory depth of three for complex signals;

FIG. 11 illustrates a computation of a number of cubic terms for a set of monomial cross-products up to cubic degree, corresponding to the reduced set of terms of FIG. 10;

FIGS. 12A and 12B illustrate exemplary matrices H;

FIG. 13 illustrates an exemplary selection of filter coefficients for up to cubic non-linearity; and

FIG. 14 illustrates an exemplary selection of filter coefficients for up to quadratic non-linearity.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Aspects of the present invention provide improved techniques for modeling a target Volterra series using an orthogonal parallel Weiner decomposition. Generally, a parallel Weiner decomposition comprises a linear combination of a plurality of linear filters in series with a corresponding static non-linear function. According to one aspect of the invention, discussed further below, techniques are provided for determining filter coefficients for the linear filters using a matrix C, such that the rows of the matrix C containing non-linear cross-products of coefficients of a corresponding filter, are linearly independent. In this manner, a target Volterra series can be reconstructed by a linear combination of the output of the static non-linear functions that process the filtered outputs.

For a more detailed discussion of non-linearity issues, DPD and parallel Wiener systems, see, for example, Lei Ding, “Digital Predistortion of Power Amplifiers for Wireless Applications,” Georgia Tech, PhD Thesis, downloadable from https://smartech.gatech.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1853/5184/ding_lei_(—)200405_phd .pdf (March 2004); or M. Schoukens and Y. Rolain, “Parametric Identification of Parallel Wiener Systems” IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurement (October 2012) each incorporated by reference herein.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an exemplary parallel Weiner decomposition 100 that incorporates features of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the exemplary parallel Weiner decomposition 100 includes a plurality of linear filters 110-0 through 110-N-1 in series with a corresponding static non-linear function 120-0 through 120-N-1. An exemplary adder 130 performs a linear combination of the outputs of the static non-linear functions 120. The static non-linear functions 120 may be implemented, for example, using look-up tables, in a known manner.

As discussed hereinafter, aspects of the present invention recognize that a Volterra series of a given order and memory depth has an equivalent representation with the parallel Wiener decomposition 100 of FIG. 1. The construction of the filter coefficients is discussed further below in conjunction with FIG. 3.

FIG. 2 illustrates the exemplary parallel Weiner decomposition 100 of FIG. 1 in further detail. As shown in FIG. 2, a target Volterra series can be expressed as a sum of terms of various degrees, up to a target degree K. In the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 2, the exemplary target Volterra series is expressed as a sum of DC terms 210-0, linear terms 210-1, quadratic terms 210-2, cubic terms 210-3 and optionally additional terms up to order N−1. For an exemplary memory depth of three, it can be shown that there are one DC term 210-0, three linear terms 210-1, six quadratic terms 210-2 and 10 cubic terms 210-3. Thus, the total number coefficients to be computed is one plus the number of linear coefficients plus the number of quadratic coefficients plus the number of cubic coefficients (1+3+6+10=20).

As discussed further below in conjunction with FIGS. 8 and 9, additional aspects of the invention recognize that a number of the DC, linear, quadratic and cubic terms can share one or more filters and/or look-up tables (LUTs). Thus, an exemplary embodiment comprises a total of 10 filters and LUTs (limited by number of highest degree term, here cubic terms).

Construction of the Proposed Parallel Wiener Model

Suppose the target Volterra series of memory depth 3 has the following quadratic terms: v_(2,0)x_(n) ²+v_(2,1)x_(n−1) ²+v_(2,2)x_(n−2) ²+v_(2,3)x_(n)x⁻¹+v_(2,4)x_(n)x_(n−2)+v_(2,5)x_(n−1)x_(n−2).

We define the quadratic coefficients in a vector form as:

V ₂ =[v _(2,0) v _(2,1) v _(2,2) v _(2,3) v _(2,4) v _(2,5)]

In this example there are N₂=6 quadratic terms. We select N₂ filters, and define C₂ where each row is of the form: [h₀ ² h₁ ² h₂h₂ 2h₀h₁ 2h₀h₂ 2h₁h₂], where h₀, h₁, h₂ are the coefficients of a corresponding filter, and such that the determinant det(C₂) is non-zero (rows of C₂ are linearly independent). Thus, there exist coefficients a₂(0), . . . , a₂ (5) such that:

$V_{2} = {\sum\limits_{k = 0}^{N_{2} - 1}{a_{2,k}{C_{2}\left( {k,.} \right)}}}$

This can be written in a matrix form:

V₂=A₂C₂

The coefficients are given by:

A ₂ =V ₂ C ₂ ⁻¹

Similarly, the Volterra cubic terms can be obtained using coefficients a₃(.), as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{V_{3} = {\sum\limits_{k = 0}^{N_{3} - 1}{a_{3,k}{C_{3}\left( {k,.} \right)}}}}{V_{3} = {A_{3}C_{3}}}} & (1) \\ {A_{3} = {V_{3}C_{3}^{- 1}}} & (2) \end{matrix}$

The Volterra series can be written as:

$V = {{{V_{0}X_{0}^{T}} + {V_{1}X_{1}^{T}} + {V_{2}X_{2}^{T}} + {V_{3}X_{3}^{T}} + \ldots} = {{\sum\limits_{i = 0}^{K}{V_{i}X_{i}^{T}}} = {{\sum\limits_{i = 0}^{K}{\sum\limits_{k = 0}^{N_{i} - 1}{a_{i,k}{C_{i}\left( {k,.} \right)}X_{i}^{T}}}} = {\sum\limits_{i = 0}^{K}{\sum\limits_{k = 0}^{N_{i} - 1}{a_{i,k}\left( {{H\left( {k,.} \right)}X^{T}} \right)}^{i}}}}}}$

where K is the highest degree of the target Volterra series and

X₀=1,

X ₁ =[x _(n) x _(n−1) x _(n−2)],

X ₂ =[x _(n) ² x _(n−1) ² x _(n−2) ² x _(n) x _(n−1) x _(n) x _(n−2) x _(n−1) x _(n−2)], and

X ₃ =[x _(n) ³ x _(n−1) ³ x _(n−2) ³ x _(n) ² x _(n−1) x _(n) ² x _(n−1) x _(n−1) ² x _(n) x _(n−1) ² x _(n−2) x _(n−2) ² x _(n) x _(n−2) ² x _(n−1) x _(n) x _(n−1) x _(n−2)]

The filter coefficients can be expressed as follows:

H(k,.)=[h _(k,0) h _(k,1) h _(k,2)]

Therefore:

$\begin{matrix} {V = {\sum\limits_{i = 0}^{K}{\sum\limits_{k = 0}^{N_{i} - 1}{a_{i,k}y_{k}^{i}}}}} \\ {= {\sum\limits_{k = 0}^{N_{k} - 1}\left( {\sum\limits_{i = 0}^{K}{a_{i,k}y_{k}^{i}}} \right)}} \\ {= {\sum\limits_{k = 0}^{N_{k} - 1}{f_{k}\left( y_{k} \right)}}} \end{matrix}$

where the static polynomial function can be expressed as follows:

${f_{k}(y)} = {\sum\limits_{i = 0}^{K}{a_{i,k}y^{i}}}$

It is noted that for k>N_(i), a_(i,k)=0.

Thus, for a given H, the target Volterra series has an equivalent representation as a parallel Weiner decomposition 100, as shown in FIG. 1:

FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating an exemplary implementation of the Volterra series modeling process 300 incorporating aspects of the present invention. Generally, the exemplary Volterra series modeling process 300 computes the filter coefficients H, the matrix C and the vector A for each degree of the target Volterra series.

As shown in FIG. 3, the exemplary Volterra series modeling process 300 initially obtains the target Volterra Series V to be Modeled by the disclosed orthogonal parallel Weiner decomposition during step 310. The target Volterra Series V is given (i.e., the coefficients of the Volterra series for DC, linear, quadratic, cubic degrees, etc. up to degree K).

During step 320, the exemplary Volterra series modeling process 300 provides the parallel Wiener decomposition representing the target Volterra Series V. As discussed above in conjunction with FIG. 1, the exemplary parallel Wiener decomposition is comprised of a linear combination of a plurality of linear filters 110 each in series with at least one corresponding static non-linear function 120.

For each degree k, 0<=k<=K of V, the exemplary Volterra series modeling process 300 then computes the filter coefficients 11, the matrix C and the vector A for each degree of the target Volterra series as follows. Thus, the matrix C and the vector A are specific to a monomial degree k.

During step 330, the exemplary Volterra series modeling process 300 computes the matrix C_(k) for a given degree up to said degree K, where the rows of C_(k) are all of the degree k monomial cross-products of a corresponding filter's coefficients. A given row of the matrix C corresponds to one of the linear filters and is obtained by enumerating the monomial cross-products of the coefficients of the corresponding linear filter for the given degree. The monomial cross-products are discussed further below, for example, in conjunction with FIGS. 6 and 11. See also, a discussion of monomial terms on Wikipedia.org (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomial).

In one exemplary embodiment, the matrix C is a square matrix (i.e., having the same number of rows and columns). The number of columns in the matrix C is equal to the number of the highest order monomial coefficients in the Volterra series, and the number of rows is equal to number of Volterra coefficients.

In one exemplary embodiment, for a given degree, the coefficients H are chosen randomly, and for each row of H, a corresponding row of C is given by all possible monomial cross-products of degree K (total N(K) terms)), producing a matrix C with N(K) rows and columns. In this manner, the filter coefficients are obtained during step 340 for at least one linear filter, such that the rows of the matrix C are linearly independent. The rows of C are evaluated to ensure that they are linearly independent (C is invertible). If the rows of C are not linearly independent, the iteration (K) is repeated.

For example, for an exemplary Volterra Series V comprised of a plurality of terms up to degree K=3, the cubic monomials with real numbers are of the form:

x₁ ^(k1)x₂ ^(k2)x₃ ^(k3), such that k1+k2+k3=3.

For example, as discussed below, in a similar way the monomial terms of degree two and a memory depth of two, with complex numbers, can be expressed as follows:

└|h₀|²h₀ |h₁|²h₁ |h₀|²h₁ h₀ ²h₁* |h₁|²h₀ h₁ ²h₀*┘.

The coefficients of vector A are computed during step 350, such that after linearly combining the rows of the matrix C with the coefficients of vector A, the corresponding degree K Volterra series terms are obtained from the target Volterra series V.

Basic Idea

Consider an exemplary Volterra Series V comprised of a plurality of terms up to degree K=2 (i.e., quadratic non-linearity) and a memory depth of two. The Volterra series can be expressed as follows:

(h ₀ x(n)+h ₁ x(n−1))² =h ₀ ² x ²(n)+h ₁ ² x ²(n−1)+2h ₀ h ₁ x(n)x(n−1)

Assume that the filter coefficients have the following exemplary values:

$\begin{matrix} {H = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 0.5 \\ 1 & {- 0.5} \end{bmatrix}} & (3) \end{matrix}$

Assume further that the target Volterra quadratic term is:

V ₂=0.1·x ²(n)−0.2·x ²(n−1)+0.3·x(n)x(n−1)

Thus, the coefficients of the target Volterra quadratic term can be expressed in a vector format, as follows:

v ₂=[0.1 −0.2 0.3]

There are three independent quadratic terms in the Volterra series. Aspects of the present invention recognize that three sets of filter coefficients h can be used to reconstruct the target Volterra series v₂ by a linear combination of the simple square terms:

(x(n)+x(n−1 ))² =x ²(n)+x ²(n−1)+2x(n)x(n−1)

(x(n)+0.5·x(n−1))² =x ²(n)+0.25·x ²(n−1)+x(n)x(n−1)

(x(n)−0.5·x(n−1))² =x ²(n)+0.25·x ²(n−1)−x(n)x(n−1)

This system of equations can be represented by the matrix C (having linearly independent rows), as follows:

$C_{2} = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 & 2 \\ 1 & 0.25 & 1 \\ 1 & 0.25 & {- 1} \end{bmatrix}$

According to equation (1), the components of matrix C can be multiplied by the components of vector A to obtain the target Volterra series v₂.

According to equation (2), the components of the vector A can be obtained as follows:

a ₂ =v ₂ ·C ₂ ⁻¹=[−0.3 0.65 −0.25]  (4)

It can be verified that the linear combination of the parallel Weiner decomposition results in the target Volterra series:

−0.3(x(n)+x(n−1))²+0.65(x(n)+0.5·x(n−1))²−0.25(x(n)−0.5·x(n−1))²=0.1·x ²(n)−0.2·x ²(n−1)+0.3·x(n)x(n−1)  (5)

FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary parallel Weiner decomposition 400 for the exemplary filter coefficients of equation (3) and the exemplary vector A of equation (4). As shown in FIG. 4, the exemplary parallel Weiner decomposition 400 comprises three two tap linear filters 410-0 through 410-2 and three corresponding static non-linear functions 420-0 through 420-2. As noted above, in one exemplary embodiment, the static non-linear functions 420 are implemented as look-up tables. An exemplary adder 430 performs a linear combination of the outputs of the static non-linear functions 420.

The output v of the parallel Weiner decomposition 400 can be expressed as follows, corresponding to equation (5):

v(n)=0.1·x ²(n)−0.2·x ²(n−1)+0.3·x(n)x(n−1).

FIGS. 5A and 5B illustrate an exemplary Volterra Series V up to degree K=3 (i.e., up to cubic non-linearity) and a memory depth of three. In FIG. 5A, the exemplary Volterra Series V is comprised of a plurality of terms 500. In FIG. 5B, the exemplary Volterra Series V has been simplified to a reduced set of terms 550.

FIG. 6 illustrates the set 600 of monomial cross-products of degree K. For example, for a representation of cubic non-linearity, there are 10 monomial terms and for quadratic non-linearity, there are six monomial terms. In addition, FIG. 6 also illustrates the computation of the total number N₃ of cubic terms for an arbitrary memory depth M for the cubic monomial cross-products 610. As shown in FIG. 6, for the cubic monomial terms 610, and a memory depth M=3, there are a total number of cubic terms N₃ 620 equal to M−M*(M−1)−1, or M²+1. Thus, for memory depths of 3, 4, 8 and 16, the total number of cubic terms N₃ 620 is obtained as follows:

N ₃(3)=10

N ₃(4)=17

N ₃(8)=65

N ₃(16)=257

Orthogonal Coefficient Set

The matrix H with coefficients h(k,n) k=0:9 (number of terms) and n=0:2 (memory depth) is desired, such that the cubic and quadratic matrices C₃ and C₂ are rank 10 and 6, respectively:

Again, consider the 6 quadratic monomial cross-product terms C₂ and the 10 cubic monomial cross-product terms C₃ in set 600 of FIG. 6. By choosing random coefficients for the matrix H, many options for such a coefficient set are available. For example, consider the following exemplary matrix H:

$H = \begin{matrix} {- 0.5659} & 2.1003 & {- 0.8363} \\ {- 1.4290} & 0.3618 & 0.9145 \\ {- 1.5463} & {- 0.2833} & {- 0.2173} \\ {- 1.1377} & 1.1058 & 0.6942 \\ 0.3931 & {- 2.0013} & 0.1485 \\ 0.6690 & {- {.02869}} & {- 0.7326} \\ 0.9256 & {- 0.6529} & {- 1.2819} \\ 1.4090 & {- 0.2404} & 0.2791 \\ 1.1766 & {- 0.5525} & 1.3340 \\ {- 0.8637} & 0.1246 & {- 0.6768} \end{matrix}$

For the above exemplary matrix H, the determinant can be evaluated to determine if the corresponding rows of the matrix C are linearly independent. For the above exemplary matrix H, the determinant is non-zero for both the cubic and quadratic terms C₃ and C₂.

det(C ₂)=−52.7084≠0

det(C ₃)=3.3571×10⁴≠0

It is noted that Fourier coefficients determinants are always equal to 0 and thus are not a good choice as coefficients for the matrix H.

FIG. 7 illustrates the quadratic and cubic terms for an exemplary parallel Weiner decomposition 700. For ease of illustration, the DC term, linear terms, and degrees higher than cubic have been omitted from FIG. 7. As shown in FIG. 7, the exemplary parallel Weiner decomposition 700 comprises a quadratic portion 705 of degree two and a cubic portion 750 of degree three.

As shown in FIG. 7, the exemplary quadratic portion 705 of the parallel Weiner decomposition 700 comprises a plurality of linear filters 710-2,0 through 710-2,2 in series with a corresponding static non-linear function 720-2,0 through 720-2,2. Likewise, the exemplary cubic portion 750 of the parallel Weiner decomposition 700 comprises a plurality of linear filters 710-3,0 through 710-3,2 in series with a corresponding static non-linear function 720-3,0 through 720-3,2.

As shown in FIG. 7, three exemplary adders 730-1 through 730-3 perform a linear combination of the outputs of the static non-linear functions 720, to produce the output v of the parallel Weiner decomposition 700.

As noted above, additional aspects of the invention recognize that a number of the DC, linear, quadratic and cubic terms can share one or more filters and/or look-up tables (LUTs) in the exemplary parallel Weiner decomposition.

FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram of an exemplary parallel Weiner decomposition 800 that incorporates a sharing of one or more filters between the exemplary quadratic and cubic terms. As shown in FIG. 8, the exemplary cubic portion 850 of the parallel Weiner decomposition 800 includes a plurality of linear filters 810-3,0 through 810-3,N₃-1 that are also shared by the exemplary quadratic portion 805.

As shown in FIG. 8, the exemplary quadratic portion 805 of the parallel Weiner decomposition 800 comprises a plurality of static non-linear functions 820-2,0 through 820-2,2. Likewise, the exemplary cubic portion 850 of the parallel Weiner decomposition 800 also comprises a plurality of static non-linear function 820-3,0 through 820-3,3.

As shown in FIG. 8, three exemplary adders 830-1 through 830-3 perform a linear combination of the outputs of the static non-linear functions 820, to produce the output v of the parallel Weiner decomposition 800. It is noted that N₂<N₃. Thus, there are more filters needed for degree 3 than for degree 2. Therefore, only the N₂ first filters in portion 850 are used for degree 3.

FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of an exemplary parallel Weiner decomposition 900 that incorporates a sharing of one or more look-up tables between the exemplary quadratic and cubic terms. As shown in FIG. 9, the exemplary cubic portion 950 of the parallel Weiner decomposition 900 includes an exemplary linear filter 910-3,k. In addition, the exemplary parallel Weiner decomposition 900 comprises two exemplary static non-linear functions 920-2,k and 920-3,k that can be replaced with a single look-up table 960 that is a sum of the two look-up tables, as follows:

f _(3,k)(y _(3,k))=a _(2,k) ×y _(3,k) ² +a _(3,k) ×y _(3,k) ³.

Orthogonal Weiner Decomposition for Complex Signals

It is noted that in the complex case there are no even order terms because they fall out of the RF band of interest.

FIGS. 10A and 10B illustrate an exemplary Volterra Series V up to degree K=3 (i.e., up to cubic non-linearity) and a memory depth of three, for complex signals. In FIG. 10A, the exemplary Volterra Series V is comprised of a plurality of terms 1000. In FIG. 10B, the exemplary Volterra Series V has been simplified to a reduced set of terms 1050. It is noted that |x|²x=x·x*·x.

FIG. 11 illustrates a computation of a number of cubic terms for a set 1100 of monomial cross-products up to cubic degree, corresponding to the reduced set of terms 1050 of FIG. 10. For an exemplary representation of cubic non-linearity and a memory depth of three, there are 18 monomial terms. In addition, FIG. 11 also illustrates the computation of the total number N₃ of cubic terms for an arbitrary memory depth M for the cubic monomial cross-products 1100. As shown in FIG. 11, for the cubic monomial terms 1100, and a memory depth M=3, there are a total number of cubic terms N₃ 1120 equal to M+2M*(M−1)+M, or 2M². Thus, for exemplary memory depths of 3, 4, 8 and 16, the total number of cubic terms N₃ 1120 is obtained as follows:

N ₃(3)=18

N ₃(4)=32

N ₃(8)=128

N ₃(16)=512

It is noted that for the following expression, h_(i)h_(j)h*_(k). it can be shown that i and j are commutable, i and k are commutable if i=k, and j and k are commutable if j=k.

Orthogonal Coefficient Set

The matrix H with coefficients h(k,n) k=0:N₃−1 and n=0:M−1 (memory depth) is desired, such that the exemplary cubic matrix C₃ is full rank.

Again, consider the 18 cubic monomial cross-product terms C₃ in set 1100 of FIG. 11 in two sets, as follows:

C ₃(k,0:8)=└|h _(k,0)|³ |h _(k,1)|³ |h _(k,2)|³ |h _(k,0)|² h _(k,1) h _(k,0) ² h* _(k,1) |h _(k,0)|² h ₂ h _(k,0) ² h* _(k,2) |h _(k,1)|² h _(k,0) h _(k,1) ² h* _(k,0)┘

C ₃(k,9:17)=└|h _(k,1)|² h _(k,2) h _(k,1) ² h* _(k,2) |h _(k,2)|² h _(k,0) h _(k,2) ² h* _(k,0) h _(k,2)|² h _(k,1) h _(k,2) ² h* _(k,1) 2h* _(2,0) h _(2,1) h _(k,2) 2h _(k,0) h* _(k,1) h _(k,2) 2h _(k,0) h _(k,1) h* _(k,3)┘

By choosing random coefficients for the matrix H, many options for such a coefficient set are available. FIG. 12A illustrates an exemplary matrix H 1200. For the exemplary matrix H 1200 in FIG. 12A, the determinant can be evaluated to determine if the corresponding rows of the matrix C are linearly independent. For the above exemplary matrix H 1200, the determinant is non-zero for the cubic terms C₃:

det(C ₃)=7.0153×10²² +j1.6810×10²³≠0

It is noted that real coefficients yields a singular C₃ matrix, as elements such as |h_(k,0)|²h_(k,1) and h_(k,0) ²h*_(k,1) cannot be distinguished from one another. It is again noted that Fourier coefficients determinants are always 0 and thus not a good choice.

FIG. 12B illustrates an alternate exemplary matrix H 1250. According to a further aspect of the invention, the coefficients in matrix H can be optimized by evaluating a large set of randomly chosen (normal distribution) set of coefficients. A particular set of filter coefficients is selected from the various random sets by evaluating the condition number of the corresponding matrix C. In particular, a particular set of filter coefficients is selected having a lowest condition number Cond(C₃) for the corresponding matrix C.

The exemplary matrix H 1250 corresponds to a particular set of filter coefficients chosen from various random sets based on a minimum condition number found after 2¹⁶ random selections of 37.2 (for M=3). The random selection of filter coefficients can be performed, for example, using the random matrix generator function of Matlab™.

FIG. 13 illustrates an exemplary selection 1300 of filter coefficients for up to cubic non-linearity. Again, consider the 18 cubic monomial cross-product terms C₃ in set 1100 of FIG. 11 in three exemplary sets. FIG. 13 illustrates three exemplary groups of filter coefficients coefficients h(0 . . . 5), h(6 . . . 11) and h(12 . . . 17) that correspond to the 18 cubic monomial cross-product terms C₃ in set 1100 of FIG. 11.

The determinant is non-zero det(C₃)≈−107 j≠0. Thus, the rows of C₃ are linearly independent. In addition, the condition number of C₃ (cond (C₃)≈26) is low, thus the filter coefficients coefficients h(0 . . . 5), h(6 . . . 11) and h(12 . . . 17) is a good choice.

FIG. 14 illustrates an exemplary selection 1400 of filter coefficients for up to to quadratic non-linearity. Consider the following 6 quadratic monomial cross-product terms C₂:

└|h₀|²h₀ |h₁|²h₁ |h₀|²h₁ h₀ ²h*₁ |h₁|²h₀ h₁ ²h*₀┘

Thus, for an exemplary set of filter coefficients 1410, each row 1420-i of the matrix C can be obtained by evaluating the 6 quadratic monomial cross-product terms C₂ using the exemplary coefficient values in matrix 1410.

The determinant is non-zero (det(C)=−1.1250+j0.3750≠0). Thus, the rows 1420 of C are linearly independent.

It is noted that the 6 quadratic monomial cross-product terms C₂ are obtained from the following expressions:

x(n)+jx(n−1)

x(n)−0.5x(n−1)

jx(n)+x(n−1)

−0.5x(n)+x(n−1)

Construction of Static Non-Linear Models (Complex) Suppose the target Volterra series has the following cubic coefficients:

V ₃ =[v _(3,0) v _(3,1) v _(3,2) . . . v _(3,16) v _(3,17)]

The determinant det(C₃) is non-zero. Thus, the rows of C₃ are linearly independent.

Therefore, there exist coefficients a(3,0), . . . , a(2,17) such that:

$V_{3} = {\sum\limits_{k = 0}^{N_{3} - 1}{a_{3,k}{C_{3}\left( {k,.} \right)}}}$

This can be written in a matrix form:

V₃=A₃C₃

The coefficients are given by:

A ₃ =V ₃ C ₃ ⁻¹

The Voterra series can be written as:

$\begin{matrix} {V = {{V_{1}X_{1}^{T}} + {V_{3}X_{3}^{T}} + \ldots}} \\ {= {\sum\limits_{i = 0}^{\infty}{\sum\limits_{k = 0}^{N_{{2i} + 1} - 1}{a_{{{2i} + 1},k}{C_{{2i} + 1}\left( {k,.} \right)}X_{{2i} + 1}^{T}}}}} \\ {= {\sum\limits_{i = 0}^{\infty}{\sum\limits_{k = 0}^{N_{{2i} + 1} - 1}{a_{{{2i} + 1},k}{{{H\left( {k,.} \right)}X^{T}}}^{2i}\left( {{H\left( {k,.} \right)}X^{T}} \right.}}}} \end{matrix}$

where:

X ₃ =[|x _(n)|³ |x _(n−1)|³ |x _(n−2)|³ |x _(n)|² x _(n−1) x _(n) ² x* _(n−1) |x _(n)|² x _(n−2) x _(n) ² h* _(n−2) |x _(n−1)|² x _(n) x _(n−1) ² x* _(n) |x _(n−1)|² x _(n−2) x _(n−1) ² x _(n−1) ² x* _(n−2) |x _(n−2)|² x _(n) x _(n−2) ² x _(n) ⁴ |x _(n−2)|² x _(n−1) x _(n−2) ² x* _(n−1) 2x* _(n) x _(n−1) x _(n−2) 2x _(n) x* _(n−1) x _(n−2) 2x _(n) x _(n−1) x* _(n−2)]

X=[x _(n) x _(n−1) x _(n−2)]

H(k,.)=[h _(k,0) h _(k,1) h _(k,2)]

Thus,

$\begin{matrix} {V = {\sum\limits_{i = 0}^{K}{\sum\limits_{k = 0}^{N_{i} - 1}{a_{{{2i} + 1},k}{y_{k}}^{2i}y_{k}}}}} \\ {= {\sum\limits_{k = 0}^{N_{k} - 1}{{f_{k}\left( {y_{k}} \right)} \cdot y_{k}}}} \end{matrix}$

where the static polynomial function can be expressed as follows:

${f_{k}\left( {y} \right)} = {\sum\limits_{i = 0}^{K}{a_{{{2i} + 1},k}{y}^{2i}}}$

Thus, for a given H, the Volterra series has an equivalent representation 100, as shown in FIG. 1.

CONCLUSION

While exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been described with respect to digital logic blocks and memory tables within a digital processor, as would be apparent to one skilled in the art, various functions may be implemented in the digital domain as processing steps in a software program, in hardware by circuit elements or state machines, or in combination of both software and hardware. Such software may be employed in, for example, a digital signal processor, application specific integrated circuit or micro-controller. Such hardware and software may be embodied within circuits implemented within an integrated circuit.

Thus, the functions of the present invention can be embodied in the form of methods and apparatuses for practicing those methods. One or more aspects of the present invention can be embodied in the form of program code, for example, whether stored in a storage medium, loaded into and/or executed by a machine, wherein, when the program code is loaded into and executed by a machine, such as a processor, the machine becomes an apparatus for practicing the invention. When implemented on a general-purpose processor, the program code segments combine with the processor to provide a device that operates analogously to specific logic circuits. The invention can also be implemented in one or more of an integrated circuit, a digital processor, a microprocessor, and a micro-controller.

It is to be understood that the embodiments and variations shown and described herein are merely illustrative of the principles of this invention and that various modifications may be implemented by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. 

We claim:
 1. A method for modeling a target Volterra Series, comprising: obtaining said target Volterra Series V comprised of a plurality of terms up to degree K; providing a parallel Wiener decomposition representing said target Volterra Series V, wherein said parallel Wiener decomposition is comprised of a plurality of linear filters in series with at least one corresponding static non-linear function, wherein an input signal is applied to said plurality of linear filters and wherein outputs of said non-linear functions are linearly combined to produce an output of said parallel Wiener decomposition; computing a matrix C for a given degree up to said degree K, wherein a given row of said matrix C corresponds to one of said linear filters and is obtained by enumerating monomial cross-products of coefficients of said corresponding linear filter for said given degree; and determining filter coefficients for at least one of said plurality of linear filters, such that the rows of said matrix C are linearly independent.
 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of computing a vector A comprising coefficients that perform said linear combination of said outputs of said plurality of static non-linear functions.
 3. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of determining at least one of said static non-linear functions based on said vector A.
 4. The method of claim 2, wherein said vector A is obtained by multiplying said target Volterra Series V by an inverse of said matrix C.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of said plurality of linear filters are shared by a plurality of degrees of said representation of said target Volterra Series V.
 6. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of said static non-linear functions are shared by a plurality of degrees of said representation of said target Volterra Series V.
 7. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of determining filter coefficients for at least one of said plurality of linear filters further comprises evaluating a linear independence of said rows of said matrix C.
 8. The method of claim 7, wherein said step of determining filter coefficients for at least one of said plurality of linear filters further comprises evaluating a condition number of said matrix C.
 9. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of said static non-linear functions is implemented using at least one look-up table.
 10. The method of claim 9, wherein said at least one look-up table comprises entries obtained by evaluating a mean square error.
 11. The method of claim 9, wherein said at least one look-up table comprises entries obtained using one or more of a least squares algorithm, recursive least squares (RLS) and least mean square (LMS).
 12. The method of claim 9, wherein said at least one look-up table employs linear interpolation between two consecutive values of said at least one look-up table to approximate said at least one static non-linear function.
 13. A parallel Wiener decomposition for modeling a target Volterra Series comprised of a plurality of terms up to degree K, comprising: a plurality of linear filters in series with at least one corresponding static non-linear function, wherein an input signal is applied to said plurality of linear filters; and a linear combiner for combining an output of said static non-linear functions to produce an output of said parallel Wiener decomposition, wherein filter coefficients for at least one of said plurality of linear filters corresponding to a given row of a matrix C for a given degree up to said degree K ensure that said given row of said matrix C is linearly independent, wherein said given row of said invertible matrix C is obtained by enumerating monomial cross-products of coefficients of said corresponding linear filter for said given degree.
 14. The parallel Wiener decomposition of claim 13, further comprising a vector A comprising coefficients that perform said linear combination of said outputs of said plurality of static non-linear functions.
 15. The parallel Wiener decomposition of claim 14, wherein at least one of said static non-linear functions are based on said vector A.
 16. The parallel Wiener decomposition of claim 13, wherein one or more of said plurality of linear filters are shared by a plurality of degrees of said representation of said target Volterra Series V.
 17. The parallel Wiener decomposition of claim 13, wherein one or more of said static non-linear functions are shared by a plurality of degrees of said representation of said target Volterra Series V.
 18. The parallel Wiener decomposition of claim 13, wherein rows of said matrix C are linearly independent.
 19. The parallel Wiener decomposition of claim 13, wherein at least one of said static non-linear functions is implemented using at least one look-up table.
 20. The parallel Wiener decomposition of claim 19, wherein said at least one look-up table employs linear interpolation between two consecutive values of said at least one look-up table to approximate said at least one static non-linear function.
 21. A method for determining coefficient values for at least one linear filter in a parallel Wiener decomposition representing a target Volterra Series comprised of a plurality of terms up to degree K, wherein said parallel Wiener decomposition is comprised of a linear combination of a plurality of linear filters in series with at least one corresponding static non-linear function and wherein said method comprises the steps of: computing a matrix C for a given degree up to said degree K, wherein a given row of said matrix C corresponds to one of said linear filters and is obtained by enumerating monomial cross-products of coefficients of said corresponding linear filter for said given degree; and determining filter coefficients for at least one of said plurality of linear filters, such that the rows of said matrix C are linearly independent. 